William Wambugu is a young creative artist who has grown in strength in these last few years. He was trained at art and design school and followed workshops and extra art lessons where he forged his truly personal style. He lives through his art instead of just practicing it. He explores his personal world and perceptions like the kaleidoscope of human kind. Out of each detail he deducts a universal comprehension of the world he is living in.

William is a meticulous observer who talks about the people of Kenya. More precisely about the objects that surround them. Each object with its own means depicts the changes of the fast growing society. He uses black ink on paper to trace delicate lines. The objects depicted are either real or shadow, it depends from witch point of view you see them.
Like in his latest shows “Anthology of tools”, “The Walks of life”, “Broken tools” or “Seats of Power” William uses the nostalgic memories of his childhood to express the changes he experiences in the “New Kenya”. He carefully draws each of the items not to be forgotten by future generations. The representation is delicate and simple and at the same time it has strength and great creativity.
In this piece, William has drawn a still life of sofas or divans symbol of the social achievement. The drawings on Chinese rice paper are like pages of an Encyclopaedia or an Anthology explaining and describing an entire group of people by their habits and traditions. As they are gathered on the wall, one could surprisingly wonder about the possible transformation of these sofas into people.
William was born in 1983 in Nairobi where he lives and works. He has shown in Brussels at Roots Contemporary and at Brussels African Art Fair in 2011 and in Nairobi in Kuona Trust, Alliance Française, Circle Art, Red Hill Gallery and Roots Contemporary.